Taroom

21.0% of Taroom's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

221 family households lived in Taroom; 43.9% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Taroom had 885 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.9% of occupied private dwellings in Taroom.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

49.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

22.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Taroom had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 25.2% had four or more usual residents.

15.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

58.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.2% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 30.6% of the total.

66.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.9% reported a different address.

4.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

1.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.0% of Taroom's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Taroom.

Australian ancestry made up 48.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 19.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.4%.

Median household income was $1,323 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $170 per week.

Working from home was 15.7% in Taroom, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 49.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.7% in Taroom, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.